Shirt



J. P. APPELL.

Shirt. No; 224,265. Patgnted Feb. 10, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. FREDERICK APPELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,265, dated February10, 1880. Application filed Novemben21, 1879.

of'Ghicago, in the county of Cook and State a of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel mode of securing a three-ply bosom ina shirt, and has for its object togradually diminish the thick ness ofmaterial from the bosom-edge to the body, so as to prevent breaking ofthe body in use or under the iron in laundering. at the edge of thebosom.

It consists in extending the several under plies unequally beyond theouter or face-linen In the following description of my improvementreference isniade to the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification.

Figure l is an elevation of a shirt-front and a portion of the body towhich it attached, containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View,showing the unequally-extended under plies of the bosom; and Fig. 3 is asimilar view, showing the intermediaterow of stitching passed throughthe body and both inner plies of the bosom.

A is the multifold bosom, composed of three or more plies orthicknesses, of which a is the outer or fine-linen ply, b is the middleply, and c is the innermost ply. B is the body of the As clearly appearsfrom the drawings, the

' middle ply, .b, is wider than the face-ply a,

stitching o. By this construction the thickness of material at themargin of the face-ply is gradually reduced toward the single body,thereby avoiding the abrupt shoulder commonly found at the former pointand preventing breaking of the body at the side of the bosom, either inwear of the shirt or in ironin g it.

I am aware that are-enforce for this part of the body has been providedby a separate strip applied on the inside ofthe shirt; but this involves the addition of two more thicknesses at the bosom-margin, whichis a great objection in ironing, and which only partially remedies thefault of abrupt change in thickness from the bosom-edge to the body.-

I am also aware that the outer ply of the bosom has been extended overthe'body but this is open to still more serious objection. The starch,in this case, must be applied to extend to the outer edge of said outerply, where the same trouble is presented that is remedied an inchinward, while,by reason of the unequal thickness produced in the bosomthus inserted, a sightly appearance cannot be given thereto. I

The construction herein shown meets all these objections, giving a frontof uniform thickness throughout the extent of -the faceply, and, whetherirregularly starched or not outside this limit, requiring no specialcare in laundering, and always presenting a suitably finishedappearance. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a three or more plybosomed shirt, the under plies, b c, of the bosom A, unequally ex tendedbeyond the outer ply, a, and beneath the bodyB, substantially asdescribed, and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I afiix mysignature in presence 0 of two witnesses.

J. FREDERICK APPELL.

Witnesses M. E. DAYTON, W. 0. AD MS.

